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AltFTool's Markdown Preview gives you a live split-pane editor in any browser, free. The two editors people buy are one-time purchases: Typora is US$14.99 for a licence covering up to 3 devices, and iA Writer is US$29.99 on Windows or US$49.99 on Mac, paid per platform. Neither has a free tier — Typora offers 15 days and iA Writer 7.
Prices checked
| Comparison point | AltFTool Markdown Preview | Typora (opens in a new tab) | iA Writer (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to start | Free | US$14.99 one-timeChecked | US$29.99 one-time (Windows)Checked |
| Billing | No plan and no billing — there is no paid tier | without tax; one licence covers up to 3 devices | the cheapest platform; Mac is US$49.99 and iPhone & iPad is US$49.99, each one-time |
| Annual figure | — | None — one-time purchase, not a subscription | None on Mac, Windows, iPhone or iPad — one-time payment per platform. Android is sold as a subscription and no price is shown for it |
| Their free tier | The whole tool. Nothing is held back behind an upgrade. | None — a 15-day free trial, then purchase is required. | None — a 7-day free trial with no card required, per platform. |
| Price checked | — |
Sources (each opens in a new tab): Typora — typora.io/ · iA Writer — ia.net/writer/pricing. Software pricing drifts. If a figure here disagrees with the vendor's page, trust theirs.
Most of these products have a free plan, and whether you need to pay at all depends entirely on where its ceiling sits. Here is each one in the vendor's own terms.
Plenty of people should keep paying for these, and these are the reasons why.
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AltFTool. (2026, July 28). Markdown Preview: what you'd pay elsewhere. https://www.altftool.com/deals/markdown-previewMLA
"Markdown Preview: what you'd pay elsewhere." AltFTool, 28 July 2026, www.altftool.com/deals/markdown-preview.BibTeX
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author = {{AltFTool}},
title = {{Markdown Preview: what you'd pay elsewhere}},
year = {2026},
month = {jul},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.altftool.com/deals/markdown-preview}},
note = {Prices checked 2026-07-28. Sources: Typora: \url{https://typora.io/}; iA Writer: \url{https://ia.net/writer/pricing}.}
}Each price is transcribed from the vendor's own page on the date shown and is never converted between currencies, so quote that date alongside any figure you take from here. Software pricing drifts: if a number here disagrees with the vendor's page, trust theirs. The vendor links are plain links - no affiliate tracking, no referral IDs, no paid placement.